...Alexandra Veltsista; Christina Kanaka; Artemis Gika; Vasso Lekea; Eleftheria Roma; Chryssa Bakoula Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and tracking of overweight and obesity in a representative sample of Greek youth and the relation with child and parental factors...

...Risto Telama The aim of the article was to review studies on the tracking of physical activity in all phases of life from childhood to late adulthood. The majority of the studies have been published since 2000. The follow-up time in most studies was short, the median being 9 years. In men...

...Amelia A. Lake; Ashley J. Adamson; Angela M. Craigie; Andrew J. Rugg-Gunn; John C. Mathers Objective: This paper describes the tracking of food intake from adolescence to adulthood according to location as an adult (at the time of the follow-up study) and gender. Additionally this paper explores...

..., instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Children Weight Diet Physical activity Cancer Obesity Tracking National Institutes of Health (NIH) 10.13039/100000002 Review Article Obes Facts 2009;3:179 186 DOI: 10.1159/000220605 Published online: June 4...

...Karri Silventoinen; Jaakko Kaprio The persistence of obesity from early childhood to late middle age is well known. We reviewed the results from existing genetic studies on tracking of BMI to discover how much genetic and environmental factors contribute to this tracking of obesity. In total, we...

...Angela M. Craigie; John N.S. Matthews; Andrew J. Rugg-Gunn; Amelia A. Lake; John C. Mathers; Ashley J. Adamson Objective: To test the hypothesis that adolescent body mass index (BMI) tracks into adulthood and can be used as a predictor of obesity and/or central adiposity in adulthood. Method...